Designed with developers in mind, HydraLink offers a rare mix of affordability, flexibility, and functionality. It supports Windows, Linux, and macOS natively, connects directly to Automotive Ethernet without additional converters, and integrates seamlessly into both manual and automated testing environments. It’s no wonder teams across Europe are already integrating HydraLink into their penetration testing and prototyping toolkits. This week, we’re excited to share some fresh insights from teams already using HydraLink in the field and how it’s quickly becoming an essential tool in their automotive cybersecurity and prototyping work.

HydraLink in Action at KTM

At KTM, HydraLink is actively used across several phases of ECU development and testing:

• Internal penetration testing of ECUs
• Security assessments in combination with HydraVision
• Automotive Ethernet packet analysis
• Manual ECU firmware flashing during prototyping

The engineering team regularly praises its ease of integration and platform compatibility. As Thomas Faschang, Vehicle Security Engineer at KTM puts it:

“The HydraLink devices allow seamless integration into our development environment, thanks to native support for Windows and Linux, and direct Automotive Ethernet access without additional media converters.”

HydraLink is also proving itself invaluable for hands-on diagnostic and development tasks:

“The ability to manually flash ECUs while simultaneously performing real-time diagnostics makes HydraLink an indispensable tool in our prototype development.”

And for fast-moving teams focused on both value and performance:

“HydraLink stands out not only for its technical versatility but also for an excellent price-performance ratio, a key factor in agile ECU development.”

What Quarkslab Says

Philippe Azalbert, Cybersecurity R&D Engineer at Quarkslab, also weighed in after using HydraLink for connected ECU testing:

“A plug-and-play and versatile Automotive Ethernet interface we really like when assessing connected ECUs to sniff and manipulate packets.”

It’s a great validation of HydraLink’s role in both passive observation and active network testing for modern automotive systems.

HydraLink + HydraVision = Powerful Security Testing

When combined with HydraVision, HydraLink becomes a powerful and cost-efficient tool for in-house security assessments. As one engineer summarized:

“For internal penetration testing and packet analysis on Automotive Ethernet, HydraLink combined with HydraVision offers a powerful and cost-effective solution.”

This reflects exactly what HydraLink is built for: empowering security and development teams to perform robust testing without disrupting their workflow or breaking the budget.

Ready for Your Bench, Too!

From real-time diagnostics to CI/CD-integrated security testing, HydraLink is already proving its value across development labs and test benches. It’s more than a hardware adapter, it’s a lightweight, reliable, and developer-friendly enabler of better automotive engineering.

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